ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE

Is your company a “great place to work”? The organizational climate is deliberately created and maintained by management. It largely consists of the way that people treat each other up and down the line.

When Thomas J. Watson Sr. started IBM, he laid out the three core values of the company. These values—excellent products and services, excellent customer service, and respect for the individual—would determine the future of IBM, eventually making it the biggest and most respected computer company in the world.

The principle of “respect for the individual” was adamantly enforced at every level of the organization, both nationally and internationally. You could make almost any mistake at all at IBM, except one. You could ...

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